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She suffered a tragedy in 2008 when her former partner Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose.
But Michelle Williams revealed Tuesday in a new Variety profile that her friend Jeremy Strong was by her side to help her get past the tremendous loss.
The 41-year-old Oscar nominee shared that the 43-year-old Succession star helped care for her and Heath's daughter Matilda while helping to assuage the little girl's grief.
With a little help from her friend: Michelle Williams, 41, revealed Tuesday to Variety that Succession star Jeremy Strong moved in to care for her daughter Matilda, now 16, after her ex Heath Ledger died in 2008
'Jeremy was serious enough to hold the weight of a child's broken heart and sensitive enough to understand how to approach her through play and games and silliness,' she said.
The Trial Of The Chicago 7 star moved in with Michelle, along with her sister and another friend shortly after Heath's death.
The actress noted that her daughter, who's now 16, missed out on knowing her father, but Jeremy's presence was important in learning to move on.
'[Matilda] didn’t grow up with her father, but she grew up with her Jeremy and we were changed by his ability to play as though his life depended upon it, because hers did,' she continued.
Family tragedy: She welcomed Matilda with Ledger in 2005, but the two broke up in 2007, and he died of an accidental overdose the following year; seen in 2006 in LA
The Certain Women star met her future partner Heath on the set of Brokeback Mountain, and the two became a couple later in 2004.
The two were also featured together in the acclaimed experimental Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, though their characters didn't share any scenes.
The couple welcomed their daughter Matilda in October of 2005, with Heath's Brokeback mountain costar Jake Gyllenhaal serving as her godfather, while Busy Philipps, who appeared with Michelle on Dawson's Creek, was her godmother.
The two moved in together in
